Florida Preservation and Historic Sites---the journey begins

To tell this story, I have to go back several years to a conversation that I had with a friend (now my writing partner) in which we both lamented the fact that neither of us had the opportunity to use our advanced degrees in a useful and productive way....as a result of this conversation, my friend later proposed to me that we make use of our joint talents, hers in Historic Preservation and mine in English, education and writing, to create a new publication on National Register sites in Florida. We thus embarked on an exciting adventure---photographing and obtaining information on the Florida National Register sites....these included the Spanish fort in St. Augustine, the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, the winter homes of Edison, Ford and many US presidents, including the 'Little White House' in Key West and many other memorable sites. This is the story of how this wonderful adventure began....later posts will outline our journeys and the countless encounters along the way that made this journey so enjoyable!